Lok Sabha Privilege Committee Summons Maharashtra DGP

Lok Sabha privilege committee summons Maharashtra DGP and Mumbai Police commissioner, order to appear on June 15.

Parliamentary Privileges Committee of Lok Sabha has taken action on the complaint of breach of privilege by MP Navneet Rana.

The committee has summoned the Chief Secretary of Maharashtra, the Director-General of Police of the state, and the Mumbai Police Commissioner to appear before it on June 15.

The committee headed by BJP MP Sunil Singh will take up the matter related to the breach of privilege complaint by Maharashtra MP Navneet Rana next week.

Several officers of Maharashtra were summoned.

A complaint was lodged with the Speaker of the Lok Sabha by Navneet Rana, after which the committee summoned several officials from Maharashtra.

The Amravati MP had written to the Privileges and Ethics Committee of Parliament alleging breach of privilege. He had alleged illegal arrest and inhuman treatment at Khar police station.

The party was kept on 23 May.

Navneet Rana appeared before the  Privileges Committee on 23 May and presented her side.

On 25 April, Navneet Rana complained of a serious breach of privilege to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, who referred it to the Committee of Privileges.

After this, the Privilege Committee summoned Maharashtra Chief Secretary Manu Kumar Srivastava, Director General of Police Rajnish Seth, Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey, and Women District Jail Superintendent, Byculla (Mumbai) Yashwant Bhanudas.

Navneet Rana and her husband were arrested.

Significantly, the Mumbai Police arrested Navneet and her MLA husband Ravi Rana on April 23.

The couple had announced to recite Hanuman Chalisa outside Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s residence.

The police had booked him in many cases like sedition, promoting enmity, and preventing the performance of duty.

The Rana couple was granted bail on May 4 and were released from jail the next day.